The following terms are defined for use in this chapter.
1. “Advertise” means to present a commercial message in any medium including but not limited to print, radio, television, sign, display, label, tag or articulation.
2. “Animal” means a nonhuman vertebrate.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 717B.1)
3. “Animal abuse or neglect” shall be defined by the Code of Iowa, Section 717B.2 and 717B.3.
4. “Animal shelter” means a facility which is used to house or contain dogs or cats, or both, and which is owned, operated, or maintained by an incorporated humane society, animal welfare society, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or other nonprofit organization devoted to the welfare, protection, and humane treatment of such animals.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 162.2)
5. “At large” means running or found within the City upon any street, alley, sidewalk, public, or private grounds. An animal, properly licensed as required by law, shall not be deemed at large if any of the following is true:
A. It is on the premises of the owner; or
B. It is under the control of a person competent to restrain and control the animal, either by leash, cord, chain or other similar restraint not more than six feet in length, or properly restrained within a motor vehicle; or
C. It is properly housed in a veterinary hospital or registered kennel; or
D. It is accompanied by or at heel beside and obedient to the commands of the owner or a person capable of controlling the animal.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any animal shall be deemed at large at any time when attacking persons or domestic animals, destroying property or when on a public school ground, except when under restraint as set out in paragraphs B and D of this subsection. Further, any female dog in heat shall be deemed at large at any time when not under restraint as set out in paragraphs A and C of this subsection.
6. “Business” means any enterprise relating to any of the following:
A. The sale or offer for sale of goods or services.
B. A recruitment for employment or membership in an organization.
C. A solicitation to make an investment.
D. An amusement or entertainment activity.
7. “Cat” means and includes all members of the Felis Domestica species, male or female, whether altered or not. The definition of cat specifically excludes a feral cat. Feral cats are born in the wild or may be abandoned or lost pets that have reverted to a wild state.
8. “Commercial establishment” means an animal shelter, boarding kennel, commercial breeder, commercial kennel, dealer, pet shop, pound, public auction, or research facility.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 717.B1)
9. “Dog” means and includes both male and female animals of the Canine species, including spayed or neutered dogs.
10. “Fair” means any of the following:
A. The annual fair and exposition held by the Iowa State Fair Board pursuant to Chapter 173 of the Code of Iowa or any fair event conducted by a fair under the provisions of Chapter 174 of the Code of Iowa.
B. An exhibition of agricultural or manufactured products.
C. An event for operation of amusement rides or devices or concession booths.
11. “Game” means a “game of chance” or “game of skill” as defined in Section 99B.1 of the Code of Iowa.
12. “Injury” means an animal’s disfigurement; the impairment of an animal’s health; or an impairment to the functioning of an animal’s limb or organ, or the loss of an animal’s limb or organ.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 717.B1)
13. “Livestock” means an animal belonging to the bovine, caprine, equine, ovine or porcine species, ostriches, rheas and emus; farm deer as defined in Section 170.1 of the Code of Iowa; or poultry.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 717.1)
14. “Livestock abuse or neglect” shall be defined by the Code of Iowa, Section 717.1A and 717.2.
15. “Owner” means any person owning, keeping, sheltering, or harboring an animal.
16. “Pet” means a living dog, cat, or an animal normally maintained in a small tank or cage in or near a residence, including but not limited to a rabbit, gerbil, hamster, mouse, parrot, canary, mynah, finch, tropical fish, goldfish, snake, turtle, gecko, or iguana.
17. “Pound” means a facility for the prevention of cruelty to animals operated by the State, a municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of the State for the purpose of impounding or harboring seized stray, homeless, abandoned, or unwanted dogs, cats, or other animals; or a facility operated for such a purpose under a contract with any municipal corporation or incorporated society.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 162.2)
18. “Research facility” means any school or college of medicine, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, or osteopathic medicine, or hospital, diagnostic or research laboratories, or other educational or scientific establishment situated in the State concerned with the investigation of, or instruction concerning the structure or function of living organisms, the cause, prevention, control, or cure of diseases or abnormal conditions of human beings or animals.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 162.2)
19. “Responsible party” means a person who owns or maintains or is responsible for the care of the animal.
20. “Society” means any incorporated society or association organized for the express purpose of prevention of cruelty to animals.
21. “Vaccinated” means an animal vaccinated by a licensed veterinarian against rabies, or it means that satisfactory proof is furnished to establish such prior vaccination of the animal within eighteen months prior to the impounding or licensing of the animal if the vaccination was by modified live virus vaccine of egg embryo origin, or within six months if the vaccination was by killed tissue vaccine.
22. “Veterinarian” means a veterinarian licensed pursuant to Chapter 169 of the Code of Iowa who practices veterinary medicine in the State.